Renee Duering, a Holocaust survivor, chose medical experimentation over extermination at Auschwitz, becoming a subject to Nazi gynecologist Carl Clauberg's sterilization experiments. Clauberg was a trained physician specializing in hormonal research and worked with the Nazis to advance his studies. His research aimed to support Nazi racial ideologies, leading to the sterilization of countless women as part of a broader agenda targeting marginalized groups. The horrifying choices faced by prisoners under the regime highlighted the brutal realities of the Holocaust and Nazi medical ethics.
"Be glad you're getting a number, otherwise you'd end up straight in the oven," the man told her. The Nazis gave her a choice: "Either you go to the Birkenau extermination camp, or become a subject for medical research. That won't kill you."
Duering chose to become a human guinea pig in the hands of Nazi gynecologist, Carl Clauberg. She was one of hundreds of Jewish women subjected to sterilization experiments.
Carl Clauberg conducted research on how to sterilize women. This supported the inhumane, racist stance of the Nazis, whose objective was the extermination of Jews, Sinti and Roma people, and other marginalized groups.
Under the Nazi regime, every German woman was expected to have as many kids as possible, preferably blond and blue-eyed.
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